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MODULE 3
LESSON 1
WHAT IS LOVE?
WELCOME
WELCOME
Write a three- or four-sentence response to the following question: “How would you explain the idea of love to an alien on their first day on Earth?”
LAUNCH
LAUNCH
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
FOCUSING QUESTION:
How do the characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream understand love?
CONTENT FRAMING QUESTION:
Wonder: What do I notice and wonder about A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
VOCABULARY
LEARN
LEARN
Examine Shakespearean Language
Read aloud the first stanza of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, from “Now, fair Hippolyta” to “young man’s revenue” (1.1.1–6).
What do you notice about the language and words Shakespeare uses?
What do you notice and wonder about the title of the play?
Turn to page 3, “Characters in the Play.”
Examine Text Features
What do you notice about the text features in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
What do you notice and wonder about the characters?
What is the purpose of the left-hand pages?
Turn to page 7 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and mark down lines that are defined in the notes section (“N”) and lines that are not (“X”).
What do you notice about the number of definitions in the notes section?
Read to Understand Characters
Who are Theseus and Hippolyta?
What do you notice and wonder about Theseus and Hippolyta?
What are these characters saying to one another?
In your Response Journals label your paper “Character Relationships” then record two inferences about Theseus and Hippolyta’s relationship and reference the text feature that informed your inferences.
Research Topics of Interest
Go to page xlviii, An Introduction to this Text.
When was this play published?
Use your laptop to research on of the following questions:
LAND/WRAP
In your Response Journals, record one thing that you noticed about A Midsummer Night’s Dream and one question that you have about the play.
WRAP
1) Reread Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 1–20.
2) Continue your research, and prepare to share something you've learned tomorrow.
3)
Learning Goal: Identify the various functions of a comma.
2) Turn to Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 1–20. Read aloud the lines, and circle all of the commas.
3) Identify the function of each comma and write your notes in the margins of the play.
1) After examining the features of the text and reading the first lines, what functions of the comma do you predict will be most common in this play?
Deep Dive
4) Why is Theseus saying ‘O’ (1.1.3) here?
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